Teenage boy was ‘lying in wait’ for shooting victim at McDonald’s while girlfriend sat in Tesla outside: Police

Weeks aft a California teen was shot and killed successful beforehand of a McDonald’s restaurant, a teenage mates turned themselves successful to constabulary and were charged with his alleged murder.

Caleb Quick, 18, was killed extracurricular a McDonald’s successful Clovis, a metropolis successful the Central Valley portion of the state, connected April 23, and for weeks, nary 1 knew who could person committed the alleged crime. On Saturday, the Clovis Police Department announced the arrests of 2 16-year-olds, a lad and a miss who were dating each other, successful transportation to the shooting decease of Quick. After retaining ineligible counsel, the mates turned themselves successful to constabulary connected Friday.

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During the property league announcing the arrests, Clovis Police Chief Curt Fleming elaborate the timeline starring up to Quick’s death, opening with inactive images from surveillance video showing a achromatic Tesla arriving astatine 7:44 p.m. astatine the McDonald’s parking lot, and its departure astatine astir 8:15 p.m. Fleming showed surveillance video of Quick entering the edifice astatine 8:33 p.m. and the antheral fishy picked up walking toward the location.

At the aforesaid time, the Tesla — allegedly carrying the pistillate fishy — returns to the restaurant.

The antheral suspect, wearing each black, entered the McDonald’s astir 5 minutes aboriginal and past took a seat. The video allegedly showed him “lying successful wait” for Quick for 13 minutes, aft which the antheral fishy followed Quick retired of the gathering astatine 8:56 p.m.

Quick was allegedly changeable by the antheral fishy arsenic soon arsenic helium was extracurricular the edifice and successful the parking lot. Fleming stated that determination was video of the antheral fishy getting into the Tesla aft helium fled connected foot, but that footage was not made public.

According to section ABC affiliate KFSN, prosecutors stated that the pistillate fishy was a “co-participant” successful the alleged transgression who served arsenic a getaway driver. She was besides “armed with a firearm.”

The Fresno County District Attorney’s Office signaled that they program to record a question to complaint the 2 juveniles arsenic adults, which would mean a longer condemnation if they are convicted. Both teenagers are being held astatine a juvenile detention facility.

Fleming did not stock a imaginable motive to the alleged transgression and said that the probe is ongoing.